Darren Dreger

Four and a half, five million bucks per year?

Probably.

You know, Scott Lawton.

is playing really good right now for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

You know, what is Scott Lawton going to command?

Are you willing to pay him more than what he's getting paid right now on an annual average?

So all of that kind of stuff is factored into the pieces that are going to go out because they don't want to talk about Easton Cowan or Ben Danford in terms of trade bait.

So who else are we talking about?

And the rest aren't going to fetch you the pieces, either on defense or up front, that are going to move the needle.

It went well for you.

Yeah, I'm reminded of what Billy Guerin said when they picked Team USA.

And, you know, essentially what he said was, I'm not putting together a fantasy hockey roster here.

You know, I'm putting together, you don't need a general manager for that.

And I think that that was the approach by Team Canada and Team USA and maybe all the power teams is that you're putting a roster together that you think is going to contend for gold.

And how are you going to match up against Team Canada or Czechia or the Swedes or the Finns, right?

I mean, that's what we're talking about here.

And with all due respect to Lane Hudson, whose numbers have been sparkling, if he goes to Italy and...

Quinn Hughes stays healthy.

Like, where is Lane Hudson playing in that equation?

And I think that that was part of the factoring and making the decision.